Episode 460: Mary Roach
Longform
English - October 13, 2021 17:04 - 58 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsNews Arts Books interview journalism longform Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mary Roach is the author of seven nonfiction books, including her latest, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.
"In these realms of the taboo, there's a tremendous amount of material that is really interesting, but that people have stayed away from. ... I'm kind of a bottom feeder. It's down there on the bottom where people don't want to go. But if that's what it takes to find interesting, new material, I'm fine with it. I don't care. I'm not easily grossed out. I don't feel that there's any reason why we shouldn't look at this. And over time, I started to feel that ... the taboo was preventing people from having conversations that it would be healthy to have."
Show notes:
@mary_roach
maryroach.net
Roach on Longform
01:00 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (W.W. Norton • 2021)
01:00 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (W.W. Norton • 2003)
01:00 Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (W.W. Norton • 2008)
01:00 Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (W.W. Norton • 2010)
01:00 Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (W.W. Norton • 2014)
02:00 "Cute Inc." (Wired • Dec 1999)
12:00 Roach's Salon archive
46:00 "Hot Seat" (Discover • Mar 1998)
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Mary Roach is the author of seven nonfiction books, including her latest, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.
"In these realms of the taboo, there's a tremendous amount of material that is really interesting, but that people have stayed away from. ... I'm kind of a bottom feeder. It's down there on the bottom where people don't want to go. But if that's what it takes to find interesting, new material, I'm fine with it. I don't care. I'm not easily grossed out. I don't feel that there's any reason why we shouldn't look at this. And over time, I started to feel that ... the taboo was preventing people from having conversations that it would be healthy to have."
Show notes:
@mary_roach
maryroach.net
Roach on Longform
01:00 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (W.W. Norton • 2021)
01:00 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (W.W. Norton • 2003)
01:00 Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (W.W. Norton • 2008)
01:00 Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (W.W. Norton • 2010)
01:00 Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (W.W. Norton • 2014)
02:00 "Cute Inc." (Wired • Dec 1999)
12:00 Roach's Salon archive
46:00 "Hot Seat" (Discover • Mar 1998)
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